Add a Recipe to the Shopping List

Manage Shopping Lists

Use addToShoppingList to add a recipe to the user's shopping list

Available Argument

Arguments	Type	Description
recipeId	UUID!	recipe database UUID
servings	Int	Number of recipes to add for the recipe.

Available Fields

Field Name	Type	Description
success	Boolean	True if the recipe has been added to the shopping list. Otherwise, it will display False
message	String	Description of the result. Either if the recipe was added or not.

Example

The following example adds the Fried Rice recipe to the shopping list.

Mutation

mutation {
  addToShoppingList(recipeId: "bd2f4b0c-83fc-4a45-8b2c-862bb31c85a9") {
    success
    message
  }
}

Response

{
  "data": {
    "addToShoppingList": {
      "success": true,
      "message": "Recipe successfully added"
    }
  }
}

Example with Servings

The following example adds one serving of the Fried Rice recipe to the shopping list.

Mutation

mutation {
  addToShoppingList(
    recipeId: "bd2f4b0c-83fc-4a45-8b2c-862bb31c85a9"
    servings: 1
  ) {
    success
    message
  }
}

Response

{
  "data": {
    "addToShoppingList": {
      "success": true,
      "message": "Recipe successfully added"
    }
  }
}

If a shopping list is created from a LOW variety meal plan, we suggest using the following logic.

• If a recipe is present only once in the meal plan —> add the recipe to the shopping list using the default number of servings of the recipe.

• If a recipe is present more than one time in the meal plan:

  • if recipe's default number of servings (i.e. 2) < number of times the recipe appears (ie. 3) —> add recipe to shopping list with the number of servings equal to how many times it shows up on the meal plan (ie. 3).

  • if recipe's default number of servings (i.e. 4) >= number of times the recipe appears (i.e. 2) —> add recipe with default number of servings.

UI/UX example

This is an implementation example from the Suggestic App.

Add Multiple Recipes to a Shopping list

Available Argument

Arguments	Type	Description
recipeIds	[UUID]	List of recipe database UUID

Example

Mutation

mutation {
  addRecipesToShoppingList(recipeIds: [
    "26400c11-125d-4782-b83c-6c74923ae9ab",
    "4719210c-fff5-4709-b6d2-7b460102843d"
  ]) {
    message
    success
  }
}

Response

{
  "data": {
    "addRecipesToShoppingList": {
      "message": "Recipes successfully added",
      "success": true
    }
  }